Re: lyrics general question

2004-11-26 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Friday 26 November 2004 10.27, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > You can certainly insert bar checks in the lyrics, just as you do it in > ordinary music: > > text = \lyricmode{ Ah! vous | dir -- ai -- | je ma | man | } > > If you do that, LilyPond will issue a warning if the places where you > put the |

Re: lyrics general question

2004-11-26 Thread Mats Bengtsson
You can certainly insert bar checks in the lyrics, just as you do it in ordinary music: text = \lyricmode{ Ah! vous | dir -- ai -- | je ma | man | } If you do that, LilyPond will issue a warning if the places where you put the | do not coincide with the bar lines. I'm not sure if this is what you a

lyrics general question

2004-11-25 Thread Aaron
Hi all, I was wondering why lyrics aren't subdivided into measures to make it easier to keep track of what lyrics fit what notes? I have a feeling that there must be a reason, because this is a convention that holds true for many music notation systems, including Finale. Is there therefore a str